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Space Reservations

Rooms and spaces in the New York Quarter's buildings, the 15th Street Meeting complex and Brooklyn Meetinghouse, are available to be reserved for community use.

To reserve a space, contact office@nycquakers.org.

The Fifteenth Street Meeting and 15 Rutherford Place complex

15 Rutherford Place (the corner of 15th Street and Rutherford Place, two blocks east of Union Square), New York, NY 10003

This complex includes the 15th Street Friends Meetinghouse and the attached building at 15 Rutherford Place. 

Open Hours:
Mon - Friday: 9 am - 9 pm
Saturday: 10 am - 9 pm
Sunday: Buildings are reserved for the use of Fifteenth Street and Manhattan Meetings

Note that the Fifteenth Street Meetinghouse is usually unavailable during Friends Seminary School hours, 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, September to June.) 

For inquiries, call the New York Quarterly Meeting office at (212) 777-8866 or email friends@nycquakers.org.

15th Street Main Meeting Room

The home of Fifteenth Street Meeting, this beautiful, light-filled meetinghouse was built in 1861 and can accommodate 504 people. The meeting space includes a slightly raised "stage area" on one end with a curved wall to increase the quality of the acoustics and a balcony that wraps around three sides. The ground floor and balcony are lined with wooden benches and cushions. The ground floor is wheelchair accessible via a ramp on the 15th Street side. 3,640 square feet in total.

  • 15th St Meetinghouse from back
  • 15th St Meetinghouse from balcony 1200 800
  • 15th St Meetinghouse overhead 1200 800
  • 15th St Meetinghouse from front 1200 800

15 Rutherford Place Loft/Lounge

724 square feet.

  • 15 Rutherford Loft Lounge 2
  • 15 Rutherford Loft Lounge 1 1200 800

15 Rutherford Place Common Room

1,188 square feet.

  • 15 Rutherford Common Room 1 1200 800
  • 15 Rutherford Common Room 2 1200 800
  • 15 Rutherford Common Room elevator 1200 800

15 Rutherford Place Room One

690 square feet.

  • 15 Rutherford Room 1 v2 1200 800
  • 15 Rutherford Room 1 v1 1200 800

The Brooklyn Meetinghouse

110 Schermerhorn St., Brooklyn, NY 11201 (at the corner of Schermerhorn and Boerum Place)

For inquiries, call the New York Quarterly Meeting office at (212) 777-8866 or email friends@nycquakers.org.

Brooklyn Meeting's meetinghouse was built in 1857 and includes a main meeting room, a large social room and commercial-grade kitchen, two small offices on the third floor, and a small conference room on the basement level.

Brooklyn Meeting Room

The main meeting room is upstairs (a stair lift is available) and accommodates 175 people. On all sides a couple of rows of seating are raised slightly (with a low step) for better visibility. The room is lined with the original benches and their horsehair cushions. The benches are moveable. The space is 2,486 square feet. 

  • Brooklyn Meeting Room from behind facing bench 1200 800
  • Brooklyn Meeting Room from doors 1200 800
  • Brooklyn Meeting Room from left door 1200 800

Brooklyn Meeting Social Room

This flexible open space can accommodate 150 people. The social room has hosted receptions, art exhibits, punk shows, organizing meetings, craft nights, and sit-down dinners. A small set of stairs is required to reach the space, and there is a chair lift to make the space accessible. Reservation of the social room includes use of the kitchen (see below). Long collapsable tables and stacking chairs are available for use. In total, this level is 2,486 square feet.

  • Brooklyn Social Room toward playground 1200 800
  • Brooklyn Meeting Social Room facing door
  • Brooklyn Social Room Chair Lift
  • Brooklyn Meeting D Ten Library

Brooklyn Meeting Kitchen

  • Brooklyn Kitchen left side 1200 800
  • Brooklyn Kitchen Ovens 1200 800
  • Brooklyn Kitchen stove 1200 800

Brooklyn Meeting Basement Conference Room

  • Brooklyn Basement Conference Room 1200 800